According to Mayor Lance MacLean they are. He is requesting an ordinance be drafted for the use of Single Family Dwelling Structures at tonight’s City Council meeting.

The city, developed to current limits, contains little availability for residential construction to occur. The council wants to ensure the health and safety of its neighborhoods and believes an excessive renter of single family homes can create many neighborhood problems, according to MacLean’s report.

Other cities, such as Orange, enacted an ordinance regulating the number of rental agreements allowed at any residence. MacLean asks for a similar ordinance to be drafted for Mission Viejo by the city attorney.

The request comes while the city battles a legal dispute over affordable housing because they are 94 units short of state requirements.